Regional Drainage

Date: January 1, 2004 Created by: Gerardo García Contreras, Pronatura Península de Yucatán Provided by: Eco-Regional Plan of the Maya, Zoque and Olmeca Forests Projection: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 16N GEOGCS: GCS_NAD_1927 This data was provided by the Eco-Regional Plan of the Maya, Zoque and Olmeca Forests, a joint effort formed by Conservación Internacional (CI), El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Fundación Defensores de la Naturaleza (FDN), Programme for Belize (PFB), Pronatura Península de Yucatán (PPY), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The El Pilar Project has been conducting research at El Pilar, Belize and Guatemala since 1993, and was founded on a base of survey work that goes back to 1983. This unusual archaeological program recognizes the present environment as a part of the ancient Maya past. Our mission is the preservation and conservation of endangered resources through local and international education. Addressing tensions between culture and nature, we use the past as a reference to build a responsible future. Weaving together traditional knowledge and practice with scientific inquiry and interpretation, we promote a deeper awareness of heritage through local partnership. The University of California Santa Barbara's (UCSB) Maya Forest GIS is an essential tool to organize and use the numerous resources involved in our studies, and provide reliable datasets for the project.